Swordfish Cartoccio Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat a charcoal grill or broiler, or heat a grill pan.
• Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper on both sides. Place oil in a flat dish, and add soy sauce, vinegar, rosemary, garlic, coriander, cumin, lemon rind and pepper flakes. Blend well. Place fish steaks in marinade, coat well on both sides, cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 10 to 15 minutes.
• If the swordfish is to be cooked on a grill (or grill pan), place fish on grill and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Turn and cook for 3 minutes more. Cook longer if desired. If it is to be cooked under a broiler, place fish on a rack and cook for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Serve with a string bean salad.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Add the red onion, garlic, half the fennel and 2 tablespoons olive oil to a large Dutch oven over high heat. Cook until the onions have softened, about 3 minutes. Add the Dungeness crab and wine and bring to a boil.
• Meanwhile, to a large high-sided saute pan over medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons oil, the remaining fennel, white onion and ginger and saute until softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in the saffron. Carefully strain the broth directly into the ginger and onion pan, breaking up the crab and reserving for later. Allow the broth to simmer vigorously for about 30 minutes to thicken and reduce.
• Preheat a grill to medium-high heat.
• Meanwhile, soak a double-lined paper bag in water for about 5 minutes in a clean sink. Place on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Add the striped bass, squid and shrimp to the grill and cook just until seared, 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Remove and place in a large bowl with the lobster, tomatoes and reserved Dungeness crab.
• Pour the reduced broth over all the seafood and toss to combine. Add to the soaked paper bag. Roll the top of the bag to seal, creating a pouch, and lay, roll side-down, on the baking sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Bring to the table on a platter and cut open with some scissors. Serve with the lemon wedges.

Steps:

• Light a charcoal grill or preheat a gas or stovetop grill until very hot.
• For the sauce, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, oregano, red pepper flakes, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 teaspoon black pepper. Set aside.
• When the grill is ready, sprinkle the fish with salt and pepper and cook over medium-high heat for 2 minutes on one side, then turn and cook for 1 to 2 minutes on the other side until almost cooked through. Remove to a flat dish, prick holes in the fish with the tines of a fork, and pour the lemon sauce over the fish while it¿s still hot. Sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper, cover with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for 5 minutes.
• When ready to serve, place the swordfish on dinner plates or a serving platter, pile the arugula on top, drizzle with the sauce from the fish, and sprinkle with the grated lemon zest. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, except swordfish, in a bowl and mix together well. Set aside.
• Preheat a grill to medium-high, using mesquite wood. Place swordfish on grill and quickly sear. Dredge swordfish in the white wine mixture and then return to the grill. Cook until desired doneness; fish should be opaque and a knife should slide in easily.
• Remove fish from the heat and serve with fresh vegetables and a starch of choice.

Steps:

• Place steaks in a deep plate and grate the rind of the lemon over it. Drizzle with oil and season with thyme, salt and pepper. Make sure both sides are evenly marinated for a few minutes until grill is hot. Sauce: Remove the core from the yellow tomatoes and cut a cross in the skins. Quickly blanch in boiling water for about 10 seconds, and then shock under cold running water. Peel off the skin and discard. Cut the peeled tomatoes into 8 pieces each. Cut the cherry tomatoes into halves. Place the tomatoes (or sauce if using) in center of a sheet of foil. Sprinkle with onion, basil, garlic, zucchini and season with salt, pepper and chili flakes. Add the wine, place second sheet of foil over the ingredients and seal so no air can escape. Put the steaks on a hot grill and place the packet next to them. Cook fish for about 4 minutes each side to medium rare. The cartoccio will blow up like a balloon as its ingredients cook. Cut the pouch open with scissors, being careful not to burn yourself with the escaping steam. Place the sauce in the center of each plate and add a fish steak. Garnish with a thin crouton, pine nuts, fresh basil, basil oil and some sea salt.